Radiation pyrometer housing for



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RADIATION PYROMETER HOUSING FOR FURNACES Filed April :5, .1945

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fllarence llffinadea)? Patented Mar. 30, 1948 Clarence W. Snadeckl and Ward F. Richards, 'Bethlehem, Pan, asslgnors to Bethlehem Steel Company, a corporation of Pennsylvania Application April 3, 1945, Serial No. 586,292

6 Claims. 3

This invention relates to pyrometer devices and more particularlyv to a radiation pyrometer device for use in measuring the temperature of heavy metal plates and the llkein heating furnaces.

Radiation pyrometers consist essentially of arrangements of lenses and mirrors, or either alone, concentrating heat rays upon extremely sensitive thermocouples in accordance with the Stefan- Boltzman Law that a heated black body emits energy in proportion to the fourth power of its flame, side wall reflection and furnace atmosphere can greatly interfere with the accuracy .of the desired readings.

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- proved temperature measuring apparatus in part One object of our invention, therefore, is to I provide a radiation pyrometer device which will take only readings of actual object temperatures. Another object is to provide means for preventing water vapor or furnace gases, or flame or side wall radiations, from adversely influencing special temperature determinations.

A further object is to provide a reliable and fully automatic pyrometric device for recording elevated temperatures, which device will also have,

prolonged service life.

Additional objects, purposes a d advantages of this invention will appear hereinafter in the specification and in the appended claims.

In order that the invention may be more readily understood, we shall now refer to the sheet of drawings hereunto annexed and in which like characters of reference will designate like parts:

Figure 1 is a perspectitve diagrammatic view of a typical furnace for hardening armor plate removing three temperature measuring devices at the same time when it is desired to take three location readings; v

Fig. 2 is a broken sectional view of one form of temperature measuring device; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of an alternative bottom arrangement of the temperature measuring device.

and the like, showing means for inserting andcomprises a radiation-responsive device i, preferably of the familiar thermocouple-dens type shown, connected by the wire leads 2 to an indicating or recording device (not shown), which is preferably a temperature-calibrated millivolt meter of the curve-drawing type. High speed high sensitivity instruments, such as the Rayotube" radiation pyrometers and Micromax" temperature recorders manufactured by Leeds 8; Northrup Company, have been found to be especially well adapted for this service.

The radiation-responsive device I is housed in a suitable small metal box or retainer 3, which in turn is enclosed within a, protective water jacket 4. Said water jacket 4 comprises an elongated outer metal tube 5 and a somewhat shorter inner sighting tube 6, the latter being held centrally within the former tube by a fiat metal ring I at the top and a like metal ring 8 at the bottom of the tube 6, both rings being welded in place. A similar ring 9 provided with a pair of hinged shutters III is welded inside the bottom of the outer tube 5. The top ring 1 is provided with apertures through which pass the long inlet pipe [I and the outlet nipple l2, the cooling water being supplied to the pipe II and the spent water removed through the nipple I2 by means of flexible tubing (not shown). The cap or cover i3 having the short air inlet pipe I4 is fastened removably or permanently as desired over the top of the inner tube 6 to prevent the central opening thereof from acting as a chimney. A flexible air line (not shown) connected to the pipe supplying a steady flow of air at low pressure helps to maintain a clear inside atmosphere. Secured by lock nuts l5 centrally of said cover I3 depends a long pipe 16, which is threaded for a sufficient distance to permit vertical adjustment to any desired point. At the bottom end, also threaded, the pipe I B is secured to the retainer 8 by the lock nuts I1, and from the radiation responsive device I the wire leads 2 pass through said pipe IE to the recording device (not shown). Equally spaced small flat spring-like shoes l8 attached to the outside of the retainer 3 keep the assembly rigid and centered within the sighting tube 6.

Around the lower end of the water jacket 4 is a metal sleeve l9. said sleeve being slightly larger in inside diameter than the outside diameter of the water Jacket and provided with a pair of inwardly and upwardly projecting arms 20 and a pair of equally spaced vertical slots 2|. A correspondingly spaced pair of pins 22 seof the drawings, our imcured to the outside of the water jacket 4 and movable in the slots 2! permit the sleeve to slide up and down relative to said water jacket so that the arms can actuate the shutters l0. To minimize the conduction of heat away from the object, the metal sleeve l9 may be provided with a beveled lower edge 22', as shown in Fig. 2, or a series of serrations 23, as shown in Fig. 3, may optionally be provided on the lower edge of said sleeve l9. Another optional feature is the quartz window 24, which may be cemented or otherwise secured in place above the shutters l 0.

Referringnow to Fig. 1 of the drawings, the numeral designates the furnace, provided with refractory side walls 26, a refractory roof 2'! having the apertures 28, and a movable car 29. On

said car 29, an open box of firebrick or the like holds the plate 3| undergoing treatment in the furnace 25. From the I-beam 32 or other supporting means above said furnace 25 is suspended a train of pulleys 33, over which pulleys pass the hoisting cables 34. To each water jacket 4 is secured a pair of side arms to which is son, 2,175,864 and 2,175,865, to actuate relay switches or motor-driven valves (not shown) in understood manner.

With regard to operation, while three sets of devices are shown in Fig. 1, the method of taking a single temperature reading will suillciently illustrate the use of our invention. Thus, at a predetermined time, the radiation-responsive device l within its protecting jacket 4 is lowered carefully through the aperture 28 into the furnace 25. As soon as the sleeve l9 rests upon the hot plate 3!, any further lowering of said jacket 4 will cause the two arms 20 to push open the split shutters I ll, so'as to offer the radiationresponsive device l a full view of the plate surface. Approximately ten seconds in this position will usually be required to measure the radiant energy from the plate. The jacket 4 then starts its upward travel from the furnace. The shutters it will close again just before the sleeve [9 leaves the plate 3!, thus sealing the radiationresponsive device I from the flame and side wall reflections. By this procedure, the recorder is allowed to read only from the low reading to the specific temperature under measurement.

Although we have hereinabove shown and described our invention in considerable detail, we do not wish to be limited to the exact construction so shown and described, but we may use also such substitutions, modifications or equivalents thereof as are embraced within the scope of the invention, or pointed out in the appended claims.

In accordance with the statute, what we claim as new and useful is:

l. The combination with a furnace having a chamber in which material is heated, of a radiation responsive device, a protective casing having an opening for admitting thermal radiation from the material to the radiation responsive de-- vice, shutters hinged in said opening. and a slidable sleeve on the casing provided with upwardly projecting arms adapted to push open said terial and to close them upon withdrawal therefrom.

2. A device for measuring the temperature of work within a furnace, comprising a radiation responsive device, a protective tube enclosing the radiation responsive device, normally closed shutters mounted, on bottom of the tube, means for automatically opening the shutters on contact between the tube and work, and a beveled edge on the bottom of the device to exclude furnace gases and prevent forming cold spots on the work when in contact therewith.

3. A device for measuring the temperature of work within a furnace, comprising a radiation responsive device, a protective tube enclosing the radiation responsive device, means for placin the tube in brief contact with the work, split shutters mounted on the bottom of the protective tube, and means for pushing open the shutters when the tube is placed in contact with the work.

4. A device for measuring the temperature of work within a furnace, comprising a radiation responsive device, a protective tube enclosing the radiation reiponsive device having a sight openlng at one end, shutters normally closed at said opening, means for depositing the tube on the work, and means actuated by the weight of the tube on the work for opening th shutters and exposing the radiation responsive device to view the work.

5. A device for measuring the temperature of work within a furnace, comprising a radiation responsive device, a sighting tube enclosing the radiation responsive device having an opening at one end permitting said device to be sighted on the work surface, shutters positioned at the opening and normally closing said opening, and a sliding sleeve outside the bottom of the sighting tube having inwardly and upwardly projecting arms for opening said shutters when the sleeve contacts the work surface.

6. A device for measuring the temperature of work within a furnace,-comprising a radiation responsive device, a sighting tube enclosing the radiation responsive device having an aperture at one end permitting said device to be sighted on the work surface, shutters normally closing said aperture, a sliding sleeve adjacent said aperture provided with means for opening said shutters, and pin-and-slot guide means for restricting the motion of the sleeve.

' CLARENCE W. SNADECKI.

WARD F. RICHARDS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

. UNITED STATES PATENTS Vollrath Feb. 13, 1945 

